Bill's Blog 6/15/11: "What percent of viewers read the title?"

[Francis-134]

I know this is far from a realistic survey, but did anyone lose matches this year because of accumulated small delays in the match schedule? I know there were some events that has systemic field problems (Finger Lakes had some delays if I recall), but I did not hear of any events that had a number of robot/field issues that led to a loss of matches.

Basically, I'm trying to understand if adding a time limit to the time it takes for a robot to connect is going to solve any real problems.

Also, the question asked seems oddly worded, i.e. reduce the number of matches you have by building time into the schedule or introducing a connect timer. It's like asking someone if they would like to eat pig slop or chum for dinner; neither option is very good, so why can't we just change the choices?